Enumclaw Courier-Herald, February 12, 2014

February 12, 2014 edition of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald

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Wedding Guide
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15, 16 AND 17
Weather
The forecast
for today,
Wednesday,
calls for showers and a high
near 46 and wind gusts to
33 mph. The overnight low is
predicted to be 39. Thursday
should bring rain and a high
of 47 and lows of 39. Friday
through Sunday rain is
forecast with a high to 46 and
a low to 38.
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Friends gather at Super game
By Kevin Hanson
Senior Writer
Seven Enumclaw High
graduates, separated by
thousands of miles, gathered together at one of the
world’s biggest stages – the
Super Bowl.
Part of it was planned,
some entirely random. And
it took a couple of carefully
crafted family connections
to make it all come together.
The tale begins with
Enumclaw residents Bret
Hoffman and Eric Bell,
friends since middle school
and avid fans of the Seattle
Seahawks. As season ticket
holders, they were hoping to
head to Super Bowl XLVIII,
where the Seahawks went
on to demolish the Denver
Broncos.
Missing out on an
opportunity to purchase
tickets, they turned to
Bret’s grandfather, whose
godson is a sports agent,
representing numerous
National Football League
players. Among his clients
is a member of the San
Francisco 49ers, who gave
his two tickets to the big
game to the Enumclaw duo,
gaining fans for life.
Bret’s mother, Barbara,
knows someone who works
for the NFL, and that contact paid dividends when
300 level seats were upgraded.
With tickets in hand,
Bret and Eric (both EHS
class of 2003) made plans
for New York, arranging to
stay with friend and EHS
alum Robert Beal (also
2003), who works in the
financial industry and lives
in Manhattan. A reunion of
sorts was planned, as EHS
alums Daren Bell and Ryan
Beal (both 2001) also made
plans to fly to the Big Apple
– Daren from his home in
Chicago and Ryan from
Denmark, where he’s now
living.
The three without game
tickets soon remedied that
situation and all five headed to MetLife Stadium in
Enumclaw friends gathered at MetLife Stadium following the Super Bowl. In front, from left, are Robert Beal and
Eric Bell; in back are Daren Bell, Bret Hoffman, Matt Fugate, Ryan Beal and Tony Binetti. Contributed photo.
East Rutherford, N.J., on
Super Sunday.
Thanks to social media,
despite the maddening
crowd, they were able to
License requests are
for growing, processing
or selling
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By Kevin Hanson
Senior Writer
Sweet Sounds
Craig Gammon and J.C. Rieck performed at the Wine and
Chocolate Festival at the Expo Center Saturday. Photo by Dennis Box
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CAR & TRUCK GUIDE
Deadline:
March 19, 9AM
2002 EHS alum, who has
spent recent years playing
professional basketball in
Europe but has returned to
Enumclaw.
Plateau interests file with
state for marijuana licenses
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pair up with two more
friends from high school,
Matt Fugate, a 2003 grad
who now lives in New York
City, and Tony Binetti, a
BASEBALL & Remaining
Sports KICK-OFF
Baseball Deadline: R. Sports Deadline:
Feb. 26
Mar. 5
There’s no shortage of people
hoping to cash in on the growing,
processing or selling of recreational marijuana and the Plateau is no
exception.
Since the Washington State
Liquor Control Board began
accepting
applications
in
December, there have been more
than 2,800 filings by businesses
and private citizens from major
cities and tiny hamlets throughout the state. As of Jan. 28 that
list included 13 requests from
those with Enumclaw addresses,
five each from Buckley and Black
Diamond and one from Wilkeson.
The majority with Enumclaw
addresses are outside the city lim-
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